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Default Hard-boiled eggs - how do you tell if they're bad

cybercat wrote:
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>>>> How do you tell if a hard-boiled egg is bad?
>>>>
>>>> I fixed some on April 7
>>> Don't eat an 11-day-old hard boiled egg, are you out of your
>>> mind?

>> if uncooked eggs will last well over 11 days in the fridge, why wouldn't a
>> hard boiled egg?

>
> Because the chemistry changes with cooking. But in any case WHO WOULD WANT
> TO EAT AN 11-DAY-OLD HARD-BOILED EGG?
>
> A dozen eggs costs $2. Jesus.
>
>


Well, it wasn't hard boiled, but I said the same thing to a buddy of
mine who sampled Balut (spelling?) while in the Phillipines.

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